In Collaboration with our current exhibiting artist, Jaleel Campbell, Project OutLoud, ACR Health and the Turning The Lens Collective, join us for an evening of community storytelling and photo sharing.

Bring Images of loved ones lost or living with HIV/AIDS.
Share a memory.
We invite you to bring along your own family photographs to share, adding your voice to our collective history and preserving memories that honor the past and inspire a brighter future. Let’s come together to celebrate resilience, raise awareness and remember those we carry in our hearts.

There will be community partners available for education, testing and resources. Refreshments will be served.

World AIDS Day was first observed on December 1, 1988, by the World Health Organization (WHO). The day was created to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS, honor those who have died from the disease, and show solidarity with people affected by HIV. It has become one of the most well-known international health days.

ACR Health, formally known as AIDS Community Resources, is a not-for-profit, community-based organization providing an array of support services to individuals affected by a wide range of chronic diseases, including HIV/AIDS, with the goal of positive health outcomes; as well as navigators to help individuals and businesses make informed health insurance decisions.

Project OutLoud emphasizes the intersecting struggles faced by Black and LGBTQ+ communities. It acknowledges the shared experience of discrimination and marginalization of these groups. By uniting in solidarity and celebration, we affirm the importance of collective action and acknowledge the common challenges and victories experienced by individuals in both communities.

Turning the Lens Collective is a project from Syracuse University comprised of students and faculty from various departments who are also lifetime or longtime residents of the city of Syracuse. Their mission is to begin the reparative archival work necessary to expand the historical narrative of the Salt City to become more inclusive of marginalized communities.